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Memory of Socially‐Obtained Information Versus Non‐Socially‐Obtained Information
Author(s) -
Adachi Takanori
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2005.tb02518.x
Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , meaning (existential) , psychology , association (psychology) , event (particle physics) , linguistics , cognitive psychology , computer science , world wide web , psychotherapist , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
This study investigates whether “socialness” increases the memorability of newly acquired knowledge of a second language (L2). Three groups of beginning learners of Japanese learned 10 novel Japanese words through a Q & A session. Group 1 did the session with a human interactant and learned the novel words from him. Group 2 did the session alone with a tape‐recorded voice and learned the words from the voice on tape. Group 3 did the session alone with a booklet and a dictionary. Forty‐five minutes after the session, the subjects' memories for (a) the learning event (i.e., the semantic content of the questions asked), (b) the phonological form of the novel words, and (c) the form–meaning association were assessed through a series of posttests. The results indicated only a nonstatistically significant trend supporting the idea that socialness increases the memorability of newly acquired knowledge of an L2.